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Los Angeles is culturally diverse and generally accepting. Woodland Hills is a suburban area of Los Angeles, lots of families and things for families to do. I'm not sure if you plan to buy or lease to get a sense of areas, but we have a 1 year new home that we are looking to lease to a great family. There is a gay couple on our street who's nephew is living in the house and there is also single gay man on our street. It's a small, gated community near virtually everything you could possibly want.

i third Long Beach. I'm not sure about the school system though, but then again I'm not really sure about any school system in southern california anymore. However, for a gay couple, it's great. Accepting community, lots of businesses are gay-owned and are involed with charity, etc. I think you'll be ok anywhere in southern california close to the water or close to LA. (I know this is a generalization. I'm just trying to narrow it a little for you). Good luck!

Look into Burbank. The schools are pretty good and after speaking with my friends who are gay dads they mentioned that they meet regularly with a group of other gay parents in Burbank and say its wonderful.

I had a gay friend who lived in Hermosa Beach and I've met many of his friends. From what they all told me all the beach cities (Hermosa, Redondo, Manhattan, etc.) are very gay friendly and have lots of gays.

I'm not of that persuasion myself but from what I could see they were all having a pretty good time, and the beach areas are well known for their party atmosphere. I'd recommend you look in the beach cities.

Oh, one thing. L.A. is not very homophobic. You'll probably be accepted wherever you go. We Angelinos are very tolerant of different lifestyles.

My partner and I are thinking of moving to CA what is a nice gay friendly area to raise a child with schools that are very diverse

Hey kimchel...
We are a gay couple looking to adopt. We have done our research extensively. This is the list we came up with.

LA area: Westhills or Chatsworth
Sacramento: Davis or Shingle Springs
Bay Area: Daly City or Antioch
North of the Bay: Healdsburgh or Santa Rosa area

Do not....I repeat DO NOT consider San Diego! It's very conservative. There have been a lot of issues of school bullying of children in the GLBT community. Trust me... AVOID SAN DIEGO! Our friends that have children in SD say the school system ignores the complaints of GLBT issues! They get bullied and teased every day. They are moving to LA b/c of the situation. They filed a law suit against the SD school district. It's just a horrible situation there for the GLBT community.

The areas above that I've mentioned are they best for school, crime rate, affordable housing, and GLBT Community and Families.

Hey! I'm from the San Gabriel Valley, and I travel to LA/West Hollywood/Long Beach frequently. I just wanted to let you know that no matter where you decided to end up living, no matter how conservative the area is, you will always be able to find youth activists working to make a change. I grew up in a heteronormative community, and when I learned about a lot of the oppressions that affect our societies, I wanted to spark a change in my school and city. Personally, I don't think the most important point of being raised in a diverse culture is to naturally accept people of all ethnic and sexual backgrounds; rather, I feel that it's to consciously understand why it is necessary, while remembering that society is not always as accepting.

Long Beach is definitely a progressive area, though! Keep in mind that they do so much peace-related activism because there are gangs and other miscellaneous violence in Long Beach. Two of my friends currently reside in the Mar Vista/Culver City/Santa Monica area, which is also very LGBTQ-friendly. School-wise, San Gabriel Valley schools are pretty nice. The Los Angeles High School for the Arts is definitely a diverse high school to attend, seeing as you get a lot of the ethnic diversity you lack in certain suburban areas.

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